Anne Elliott's photos with the keyword: Gecko

My youngest daughter treated me to a great day out on Saturday, 24 May 2014, for my birthday, which was actually the following day, but I had the annual May Species Count that day. After trying to find a few birds close to Frank Lake, SE of Calgary, we then went to the Saskatoon Farm for a delicious lunch and to wander the grounds with our cameras. I kind of liked this Gecko, embedded in a colourful outside wall - there were a couple of frogs in the wall, too. Felt so good to see colourful flowers after such a long, brutal winter. Thanks so much, Rachel, for such an enjoyable day, with so many treats! www.saskatoonfarm.com/

Another photo shot through glass at the Calgary Zoo - not as sharp an image as I would have liked. These Geckos are such brilliant colours and I love the orange patterns on them. The glass of the aquarium is filthy - looks worse than I had thought : (. LOL, the more times I look at this image, it seems blurrier than the previous time - sorry!

I took plenty of photos of this brilliantly coloured Madagascar Giant Day Gecko when I spent a few hours at the Zoo, but ended up with only two or three photos worth keeping. This is perhaps the best one. "The Madagascar Giant Day Gecko (Phelsuma madagascariensis grandis Gray, 1870) is a diurnal arboreal subspecies of the Madagascar day geckos (Phelsuma madagascariensis ssp.). It is found in areas of tropical and subtropical forest in northern Madagascar. The Madagascar giant day gecko feeds on various invertebrates and very small vertebrates and nectars. This lizard is among the largest of all living gecko species. It typically reaches a total length of about 28 cm, though larger specimens have been found." From Wikipedia.